Antonyms of verb centralize

1 sense of centralize

Sense 1
centralize, centralise, concentrate -- (make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food")
       Antonym of decentralize (Sense 1)
      => decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise -- (make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb centralize

1 sense of centralize

Sense 1
centralize, centralise, concentrate -- (make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj centralized

1 sense of centralized

Sense 1
centralized (vs. decentralized), centralised -- (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government")

decentralized (vs. centralized), decentralised -- (withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; "a decentralized school administration")
        => localized, localised -- (made local or oriented locally; "a decentralized and localized political authority")
        => redistributed -- (having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas; "redistributed industries")
        => suburbanized, suburbanised -- (surrounded by many suburbs; "a highly suburbanized city")

Similarity of adj centralized

1 sense of centralized

Sense 1
centralized (vs. decentralized), centralised -- (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government")